Black American music : past and present
Second edition
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| 1992 |
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| Adams, Leslie (b. 1932) | cast, piano |
| Ajibola, J.O. (b. 1898) | barrister, minister |
| Akpabot, Samuel Ekpe (b. 1931) | college professor, composer |
| Allen, Gilbert (b. 1907) | conductor, composer |
| Amu, Ephraim (b. 1899) | college professor, composer |
| Anderson, Thomas Jefferson (b. 1928) | composer |
| Armstrong, Louis (b. 1900) | cast, composer |
| Baker, David Nathaniel (b. 1931) | bassoon, composer |
| Bankole, Ayo (b. 1935 d. 1976) | composer |
| Basie, [William] (b. 1904 d. 1984) | bandleader, composer |
| Bethune Greene, Thomas (b. 1849 d. 1908) | piano, composer |
| Billups, Kenneth Browne (b. 1918 d. 1985) | music educator, choir conductor |
| Blake, Eubie [James Hubert] (b. 1883 d. 1983) | cast, composer |
| Bland, Ed [Edward Osmund] (b. 1946 a. 1989) | composer, music director |
| Bland, James Allen (b. 1854 d. 1911) | minstrel show musician, professor |
| Boatner, Edward Hammond (b. 1898 d. 1981) | composer |
| Bradford, Alex E. (b. 1927 d. 1978) | cantante, cast |
| Bridgetower, George (Augustus) Polgreen (b. 1779 d. 1860) | violin |
| Brindis de Salas, Claudio Jose Domingo (b. 1800 d. 1872) | composer, conductor |
| Brown, James (b. 1933) | band, bass guitar |
| Brymn, Tim [James Timothy] (b. 1881 d. 1946) | composer, lyricist |
| Burleigh, Henry Thacker (b. 1866 d. 1949) | composer, singer |
| Burrs, Leslie S. (b. 1952) | flute, music educator |
| Campbell, Lucie Eddie (b. 1885 d. 1963) | composer of gospel songs |
| Carter, Warrick (b. 1942) | arranger, composer |
| Ceron, Jose Dolores (b. 1897 d. 1969) | composer |
| Charles, Ray (b. 1930) | direttore d'orchestre, piano |
| Clark, Rogie (b. 1917) | composer |
| Cleveland, James L. (b. 1932 d. 1991) | gospel singer, composer |
| Coleman, Charles DeWitt (b. 1926 d. 1991) | composer, organ |
| Coleman, Ornette (b. 1930) | alto saxophone, drums |
| Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (b. 1875 d. 1912) | composer |
| Cook, Will Marion (b. 1869 d. 1944) | composer, director |
| Cordero, Roque (b. 1917) | composer, conductor |
| Cunningham, Arthur H. (b. 1928) | composer |
| Dabney, Ford T. (b. 1883 d. 1958) | composer, lyricist |
| Dawson, William Levi (b. 1899 d. 1990) | composer, conductor |
| De Paur, Leonard Etienne (b. 1915) | composer, choral director |
| Dett, Robert Nathaniel (Farbiger) (b. 1882 d. 1943) | composer, teacher |
| Diton, Carl Rossini (b. 1886 d. 1962) | piano, composer |
| Domino, Fats (b. 1928) | composer, lyricist |
| Donegan, Dorothy (b. 1924) | piano, organ |
| Duncan, John (b. 1913 d. 1975) | composer, college professor |
| El-Dabh, Halim (Abdul Messiah) (b. 1921) | composer |
| Elie, Justin (b. 1883 d. 1931) | conductor, composer |
| Ellington (b. 1899 d. 1974) | composer, direttore d'orchestra |
| Euba, Akin (b. 1935) | composer, university professor |
| Fiberesima, Adam (b. 1926) | composer |
| Fox, Frederick Alfred (b. 1931) | composer, lighting designer |
| Franklin, Aretha (b. 1942) | soul singer, vocals |
| Furman, James (b. 1937 d. 1989) | composer, music educator |
| Garcia, Juan Francisco (b. 1892 d. 1974) | composer |
| Hailstork, Adolphus Cunningham (b. 1941) | composer, conductor |
| Hairston, Jester Joseph (b. 1901) | choir conductor |
| Hakim, Talib Rasul (b. 1940 d. 1988) | composer |
| Hall, Frederick Douglass (b. 1898 d. 1982) | music educator, composer |
| Hancock, Eugene Wilson (White) (b. 1929 d. 1994) | music educator, organ |
| Hancock, Herbie [Herbert Jeffrey] (b. 1940) | piano, arranger |
| Harris, Howard C. (b. 1940) | conductor, arranger |
| Harris, Robert Allen (b. 1938) | piano, music educator |
| Henderson, Fletcher [James Fletcher] (b. 1898 d. 1952) | arranger, bandleader |
| Herbison, Jeraldine Saunders (b. 1941) | violin, music educator |
| Jackson, Michael (b. 1958) | singer, songwriter |
| Jeanty, Occide (b. 1860 d. 1936) | military bandmaster |
| Johnson, Hall (b. 1888 d. 1970) | choir, choral director |
| Johnson, J. Rosamond [John Rosamund] (b. 1873 d. 1954) | composer, singer |
| Jones, Quincy (Delight) (b. 1933) | arranger, composer |
| Joplin, Scott (b. 1868 d. 1917) | composer, librettist |
| Kay, Ulysses (Simpson) (b. 1917 d. 1995) | composer |
| Kennedy, Joseph J. (b. 1923) | violin, composer |
| Kerr, Thomas Henderson (b. 1915 d. 1988) | college professor, composer |
| King, B.B. (b. 1925) | blues singer, guitar |
| King, Betty Jackson [Betty Lou] (b. 1928 d. 1994) | music educator, composer |
| Lambert, Lucien Leon Guillaume (b. 1858 d. 1945) | composer, piano |
| Lamothe, Ludovic (b. 1882 d. 1954) | composer, piano |
| Lewis, John (Aaron) (b. 1920) | arranger, composer |
| Logan, Wendell (Morris) (b. 1940) | composer, music educator |
| Lovinggood, Penman (b. 1895) | writer, singer |
| Margetson, Edward Henry (b. 1891 d. 1962) | composer |
| McCall, Maurice Henderson (b. 1943) | composer, music educator |
| Merrifield, Norman Lavelle (b. 1906) | composer, arranger |
| Monk, Thelonious (Sphere) (b. 1917 d. 1982) | piano, pianoforte |
| Moore, Carman Leroy (b. 1936) | composer, writer |
| Moore, Dorothy Rudd (b. 1940) | composer, soprano |
| Moore, Kermit Diton (b. 1929) | cello, arranger |
| Morton, Jelly Roll (b. 1885 d. 1941) | composer, music based on |
| Nelson, Oliver (Edward) (b. 1932 d. 1975) | composer, arranger |
| Nickerson, Camille Lucie (b. 1888 d. 1982) | piano, organ |
| Olatunji, Michael Babatunde (b. 1920) | folk music drummer |
| Owens, Robert Lee (b. 1925) | composer, piano |
| Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (b. 1932) | composer, dance arranger |
| Perry, Julia (Amanda) (b. 1924 d. 1979) | composer, conductor |
| Peterson, Oscar (Emmanuel) (b. 1925) | piano, pianoforte |
| Powell, Bud [Earl Rudolf] (b. 1924 d. 1966) | bop pianist, piano |
| Price, Florence Beatrice (b. 1888 d. 1953) | composer, arranger |
| Republicano, Assis (b. 1897 d. 1960) | composer, conductor |
| Rivers, Clarence Joseph (b. 1931) | composer of sacred music, priest |
| Roberts, Howard Alfred (b. 1924) | choir conductor, music director |
| Roldan, Amadeo (b. 1900 d. 1939) | composer, violin |
| Sancho, Ignatius (b. 1729 d. 1780) | composer |
| Smith, Hale (b. 1925) | composer, arranger |
| Smith, Nathaniel Clark (b. 1877 d. 1933) | conductor, music educator |
| Southall, Mitchell Bernard (b. 1922 d. 1989) | composer, arranger |
| Still, William Grant (b. 1895 d. 1978) | arranger, composer |
| Swanson, Howard (b. 1907 d. 1978) | composer |
| Tatum, Art [Arthur, Jr.] (b. 1910 d. 1956) | piano, celeste |
| Taylor, Billy [William Edward] (b. 1921) | piano, music educator |
| Taylor, Maude Cummings (b. 1897 d. 1984) | composer, teacher |
| Tillis, Frederick Charles (b. 1930) | composer, administrator |
| Tindley, Charles Albert (b. 1851 d. 1933) | minister, composer of gospel hymns |
| Turkson, Ato Alphonso (b. 1933) | composer |
| Waller, Fats [Thomas Wright] (b. 1904 d. 1943) | cast, composer |
| White, Andrew Nathaniel (b. 1942) | saxophone, composer |
| White Lafitte, Jose (Silvestre de los Dolores) (b. 1836 d. 1918) | violin, composer |
| Williams, Clarence (b. 1898 d. 1965) | baritone saxophone, cast |
| Williams, Mary Lou (b. 1910 d. 1981) | arranger, cast |
| Wilson, Teddy [Theodore Shore] (b. 1912 d. 1986) | cast, piano |
| Wonder, Stevie (b. 1950) | composer, harmonica |
| Work, John Wesley (b. 1901 d. 1967) | composer, scholar |